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Commissioned and driven by Peter Wheeler, the Managing Director of TVR, it was eventually decided that this 185mph TVR prototype was still too dated for the 1990's and that Australian engine logistics could also be a problem - so the project was shelved and 12 months later the new TVR Griffith was born… The Elephant was rescued from the 'TVR Graveyard' at the rear of the Factory just a week before Peter Wheeler sold the company in July of 2004. This is the story of her restoration... To download the White Elephant wallpaper, as featured in John Tiplers recent book 'TVR An Illustrated History' click here: |
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Current Elephant Schedule...New Rad & Fan - August 2008Design and have fabricated a new radiator with uprated twin fans, to replace the original... Let's go all sparky! - August 2008 Before the shell leaves we also have to plan the ancilleries and lighting loom for the... Surface & Design - September 2008 Having completed our in-house bodywork tasks, along with giving the engine bay some TLC,... Re-fit the Holden Lump - September 2008 Having collected the rebuilt V8 Holden lump, which will have been fully bench dyno'd, we... |
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The White Elephant is a 1988 TVR prototype - the only TVR ever to be powered by an Australian 5 litre V8 Holden Bathurst race engine - and one of only a handful of TVR Prototypes to survive today.
